EP1871023B1 - Method and device for controlling channel state information transferred by a first telecommunication device to a second telecommunication device - Google Patents

Method and device for controlling channel state information transferred by a first telecommunication device to a second telecommunication device Download PDF

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EP1871023B1
EP1871023B1 EP06291044A EP06291044A EP1871023B1 EP 1871023 B1 EP1871023 B1 EP 1871023B1 EP 06291044 A EP06291044 A EP 06291044A EP 06291044 A EP06291044 A EP 06291044A EP 1871023 B1 EP1871023 B1 EP 1871023B1
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  • the present invention relates generally to telecommunication systems and in particular, to methods and devices for controlling channel state information transferred by a first telecommunication device to a second telecommunication device.
  • MIMO Multi-Input Multi-Output
  • the telecommunication device which transmits data streams has some knowledge of the channel conditions which exist between itself and the telecommunication devices to which the data streams are transferred.
  • the telecommunication device directs the signals transferred to a telecommunication device according to the channel conditions, and then improves the overall performances of the system.
  • the channel conditions are obtained according to the following method : a telecommunication device like a base station transfers pilot signals to another telecommunication device like a mobile terminal, the mobile terminal receives the pilot signals, determines the channel responses from the received pilot signals, as example under the form of a channel matrix which is representative of the channel conditions, and uses the determined matrix in order to direct the signals which have to be transferred to the base station which has sent the pilot signals.
  • the coefficients of the determined channel matrix are the complex propagation gains between the antennas of the base station and the antennas of the mobile terminal.
  • Some of the complex propagation gains reflect poor channel propagation conditions which exist between some antennas of the base station and the mobile terminal.
  • channel conditions measurements can also be determined.
  • the channel conditions are as example the Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio measured by the mobile terminal.
  • Patent application US 2005/181739 teaches an adaptive MIMO system in which one of a full feedback mode and a limited feedback mode is selected depending on the expected receiver performance.
  • Full feedback involves reporting of the coefficients of the MIMO channel from the mobile to the base station, while for limited feedback only the channel's signal-to-interference ratio SINR is reported back.
  • SINR signal-to-interference ratio
  • Application WO 2004/073200 discloses an OFDM system in which the uplink reporting of channel state information (CSI) is activated or deactivated according to a corresponding flag signalled from the base station on the downlink.
  • CSI channel state information
  • Both applications seek to solve the technical problem of enabling the reporting of the channel conditions without requiring an important part of the available bandwidth of the overall wireless telecommunications network.
  • the aim of the present invention is to propose methods and devices which provide an alternative solution for this problem.
  • the present invention concerns a method for controlling channel state information transferred by a first telecommunication device to a second telecommunication device, the first telecommunication device determining information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices, characterised in that the method comprises the steps executed by the second telecommunication device of :
  • the present invention concerns also a device for controlling channel state information transferred by a first telecommunication device to a second telecommunication device, the first telecommunication device determining information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices, characterised in that the device for controlling is included in the second telecommunication device and comprises :
  • the second telecommunication device is able to control the quantity of information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices.
  • the number of information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices the first telecommunication device has to report is lower than the number of the determined information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices.
  • the part of the available bandwidth of the overall wireless telecommunication network used for the receiving the channel state information is reduced.
  • the second telecommunication device allocates to the first telecommunication device a number of pilot signals which is equal to the determined number.
  • the second telecommunication device receives the channel state information from the first telecommunication device and controls the transfer of the signals representative of at least a group of data between the first and the second telecommunication devices according to received the channel state information.
  • the second telecommunication device determines the number of first telecommunication devices which are linked to the second telecommunication device.
  • a first telecommunication device is linked to the second telecommunication device when it can transfer signals to the second telecommunication device and receive signals from the second telecommunication device.
  • the number of information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices the first telecommunication device has to report as a channel state information is determined according to the number of first telecommunication devices which are linked to the second telecommunication device.
  • the second telecommunication device allocates the resources of the network among the first telecommunication fairly.
  • the second telecommunication device receives the number of antennas each first telecommunication device comprises and determines the number of information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices each first telecommunication device has to report as a channel state information according to the number of antennas the first telecommunication device comprises.
  • the second telecommunication device allocates the resources of the network among the first telecommunication according to their communication capabilities.
  • the second telecommunication device receives from each first telecommunication device their respective requirement in term of data rate and determines the number of information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices each first telecommunication device has to report as a channel state information according to the requirements in term of data rate.
  • the second telecommunication device allocates the resources of the network among the first telecommunication according to their communication needs.
  • the second telecommunication device receives from each first telecommunication device, their respective requirement in term of response delay and the number of information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices each first telecommunication device has to report as a channel state information is determined according to the requirements in term of response delay.
  • the second telecommunication device allocates the resources of the network among the first telecommunication according to their communication needs.
  • the present invention concerns a method for transferring, by a first telecommunication device, channel state information to a second telecommunication device, the first telecommunication device determining information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices, characterised in that the method comprises the steps executed by the first telecommunication device of :
  • the present invention concerns also a first telecommunication device which transfers channel state information to a second telecommunication device, the first telecommunication device determining information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices, characterised in that the first telecommunication device comprises :
  • the first telecommunication device comprises antennas and the second telecommunication device which comprises antennas and in that the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices is the propagation gain between one antenna of the first telecommunication devices and one antenna of the second telecommunication device.
  • the second telecommunication device is informed about the propagation gains which are determined by the first telecommunication device.
  • the propagations gains are coefficients of a downlink channel matrix and the measured information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices comprised in the channel state information are determined by executing a singular value decomposition of the downlink channel matrix.
  • the second telecommunication device is informed about the propagation gains which are determined by the first telecommunication device in the downlink channel.
  • the propagations gains are coefficients of an uplink channel matrix and the determined information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices comprised in the channel state information are determined by executing a singular value decomposition of the uplink channel matrix.
  • the second telecommunication device is informed about the propagation gains which are determined by the first telecommunication device in the uplink channel.
  • the present invention concerns computer programs which can be directly loaded into a programmable device, comprising instructions or portions of code for implementing the steps of the methods according to the invention, when said computer programs are executed on said programmable device.
  • the present invention concerns a signal transferred to a second telecommunication device from a first telecommunication device, characterised in that the signal comprises a number of information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices the second telecommunication device has to report as a channel state information to the first telecommunication device.
  • Fig. 1 is a diagram representing the architecture of the wireless network according to present invention.
  • At least one and preferably plural first telecommunication devices 20 1 or 20 K are linked through a wireless network 15 to a second telecommunication device 10 using an uplink and a downlink channel.
  • the second telecommunication device 10 is a base station or a node of the wireless network 15.
  • the first telecommunication devices 20 l to 20 K are terminals like mobile phones, personal digital assistants, or personal computers.
  • the telecommunication network 15 is a wireless telecommunication system which uses Time Division Duplexing scheme (TDD) or Frequency Division Duplexing scheme (FDD).
  • TDD Time Division Duplexing scheme
  • FDD Frequency Division Duplexing scheme
  • the signals transferred in uplink and downlink channels are duplexed in different time periods in the same frequency band.
  • the signals transferred within the wireless network 15 share the same frequency spectrum.
  • the channel responses between the uplink and downlink channels of the telecommunication network 15 are reciprocal.
  • Reciprocal means that if the downlink channel conditions are represented by a downlink matrix, the uplink channel conditions can be expressed by an uplink matrix which is the transpose of the downlink matrix.
  • the signals transferred in uplink and downlink channels are duplexed in different frequency bands.
  • the spectrum is divided into different frequency bands and the uplink and downlink signals are transmitted simultaneously.
  • the channel responses between the uplink and downlink channels of the telecommunication network 15 are not perfectly reciprocal.
  • the second telecommunication device 10 transfers simultaneously signals representatives of at most N groups of data or pilot signals to the first telecommunication devices 20 1 to 20 K through the downlink channel and the first telecommunication devices 20 1 to 20 K transfer signals to the second telecommunication device 10 through the uplink channel.
  • the signals transferred by the first telecommunication devices 20 1 to 20 K are signals representatives of a group of data or pilot signals.
  • a group of data is as example a frame constituted at least by a header field and a payload field which comprises classical data like data related to a phone call, or a video transfer and so on.
  • Pilot signals are predetermined sequences of symbols known by the telecommunication devices. Pilot signals are, as example and in a non limitative way, Walsh Hadamard sequences.
  • the pilot signals transferred by the first telecommunication devices 20 1 to 20 K are multiplied by a downlink linear transform.
  • the transferred pilot signals comprise then channel state information.
  • the pilot signals transferred by the first telecommunication devices 20 1 to 20 K are multiplied by an uplink linear transform.
  • the transferred pilot signals comprise then channel state information.
  • the channel state information is transferred into the form of bit information.
  • the second telecommunication device 10 has N antennas noted BSAnt1 to BSAntN.
  • the second telecommunication device 10 preferably controls the spatial direction of the signals transferred to each first telecommunication devices 20 1 to 20 K according to the channel state information transferred by each first telecommunication devices 20 as it will be disclosed hereinafter.
  • the second telecommunication device 10 transmits signals representatives of a group of data to a given first telecommunication device 20 k through the downlink channel, the signals are at most N times duplicated in order to perform beamforming, i.e. controls the spatial direction of the transmitted signals.
  • the ellipse noted BF1 in the Fig. 1 shows the pattern of the radiated signals by the antennas BSAnt1 to BSAntN which are transferred to the first telecommunication device 20 1 by the second telecommunication device 10.
  • the ellipse noted BFK in the Fig. 1 shows the pattern of the radiated signals by the antennas BSAnt1 to BSAntN which are transferred to the first telecommunication device 20 K by the second telecommunication device 10.
  • Each first telecommunication device 20 l to 20 k controls the spatial direction of the signals transferred to the second telecommunication device 10 by M k times duplicating the signals and weighting the duplicated signals by coefficients in order to perform beamforming, i.e. controls the spatial direction of the transmitted signals.
  • the ellipse noted BF 1 in the Fig. 1 shows the pattern of the radiated signals by the antennas MS1Ant1 to MS1AntM 1 which are transferred by the first telecommunication device 20 1 to the second telecommunication device 10.
  • the ellipse noted BFK in the Fig. 1 shows the pattern of the radiated signals by the antennas MSKAnt1 to MSKAntM K which are transferred by the first telecommunication device 20 K to the second telecommunication device 10.
  • each first telecommunication device 20 1 to 20 k controls the spatial direction of the signals received from the second telecommunication device 10 in order to perform beamforming, i.e. controls the spatial direction of the received signals.
  • the second telecommunication device 10 determines, for each first telecommunication device 20 k , the number of information representative of the quality of the signal transferred between the first and second telecommunication device each first telecommunication device 20 k has to report as a the channel state information between.
  • Each first telecommunication device 20 k receives from the second telecommunication device 10 a number of information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices the first telecommunication device has to report as a channel state information.
  • Fig. 2 is a diagram representing the architecture of a first telecommunication device according to the present invention.
  • the first telecommunication device 20 as example the first telecommunication device 20 k , with k comprised between 1 and K, has, for example, an architecture based on components connected together by a bus 201 and a processor 200 controlled by programs related to the algorithm as disclosed in the Figs. 9 or 10 or 11 .
  • the first telecommunication device 20 is, in a variant, implemented under the form of one or several dedicated integrated circuits which execute the same operations as the one executed by the processor 200 as disclosed hereinafter.
  • the bus 201 links the processor 200 to a read only memory ROM 202, a random access memory RAM 203 and a channel interface 205.
  • the read only memory ROM 202 contains instructions of the programs related to the algorithm as disclosed in the Figs. 9 or 10 or 11 which are transferred, when the first telecommunication device 20 k is powered on to the random access memory RAM 203.
  • the RAM memory 203 contains registers intended to receive variables, and the instructions of the programs related to the algorithm as disclosed in the Figs. 9 or 10 or 11 .
  • the channel interface 205 enables the transfer and/or of the reception of signals to and/or from the second telecommunication device 10.
  • the channel interface 205 will be described in detail in reference to the Fig. 3a, Fig. 3b and Fig. 3c .
  • Fig. 3a is a diagram representing the architecture of a channel interface according to a first mode of realisation of the first telecommunication device.
  • the channel interface 205 comprises a MIMO channel matrix estimation module 305.
  • the MIMO channel matrix estimation module 305 estimates the matrix H DL,K .
  • the channel interface 205 comprises a downlink linear transform module 310 which comprises means for executing a linear transformation of the signal vector x k (p) using a m 0 * M k matrix V DL T .
  • the dimension of the downlink linear transform matrix V DL T is defined according to the number of information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices that the first telecommunication device 20 k has to report as a channel state information.
  • the downlink linear transform matrix V DL T is also defined, as it will be disclosed hereinafter, so that the first telecommunication device 20 k has good channel conditions at the output x '( p ) .
  • the downlink linear transform module 310 executes a linear transform on the signals received by the first telecommunication device.
  • the downlink linear transform module 310 executes a linear transform on the m 0 pilot signals transferred by the first telecommunication device 20 k to the second telecommunication device 10 which comprise then a channel state information.
  • the channel interface 205 comprises an uplink direction control module 315 which controls the spatial direction of the signals transferred to the second telecommunication device 10 by M k times duplicating the signals and weighting the duplicated signals by coefficients in order to perform beamforming, i.e. controls the spatial direction of the transmitted signals.
  • an uplink direction control module 315 which controls the spatial direction of the signals transferred to the second telecommunication device 10 by M k times duplicating the signals and weighting the duplicated signals by coefficients in order to perform beamforming, i.e. controls the spatial direction of the transmitted signals.
  • Fig. 3b is a diagram representing the architecture of a channel interface according to a second mode of realisation of the first telecommunication device.
  • the channel interface 205 comprises a MIMO channel matrix estimation module 320.
  • the MIMO channel matrix estimation module 320 estimates also the matrix H UL,k which is the N*M k uplink MIMO channel matrix between the first telecommunication device 20 k and the second telecommunication device 10.
  • the matrix H UL,k is equal to H T DL,k where [.] T denotes the transpose of [.].
  • the dimension of the uplink linear transform matrix V UL is defined according to the number of information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices that the first telecommunication device 20 k has to report as a channel state information
  • the uplink linear transform matrix V UL is also defined so that good channel conditions are maintained between the first telecommunication device 20 k and the second telecommunication device 10.
  • the uplink linear transform module 325 executes a linear transform on the signals representative of groups of data transferred by the first telecommunication device.
  • the uplink linear transform module 305 executes a linear transform on the m 0 pilot signals transferred by the first telecommunication device 20 k to the second telecommunication device 10 which comprise then a channel state information.
  • the channel interface 205 comprises an uplink direction control module 335 which controls the spatial direction of the signals transferred to the second telecommunication device 10 by M k times duplicating the signals and weighting the duplicated signals by coefficients in order to perform beamforming, i.e. controls the spatial direction of the transmitted signals.
  • an uplink direction control module 335 which controls the spatial direction of the signals transferred to the second telecommunication device 10 by M k times duplicating the signals and weighting the duplicated signals by coefficients in order to perform beamforming, i.e. controls the spatial direction of the transmitted signals.
  • Fig. 3c is a diagram representing the architecture of a channel interface according to a third mode of realisation of the first telecommunication device.
  • the channel interface 205 comprises a channel estimation module 340.
  • the channel interface 205 comprises an downlink direction control module 345 which controls the spatial direction of the signals received from the second telecommunication device 10.
  • the downlink direction control module 345 performs a downlink beamforming for each signal s 1 (p),..., s N (p).
  • MMSE Minimum Mean Squared Error
  • the channel estimation module 340 measures the downlink channel quality for each signal s 1 (p),..., s N (p).
  • the downlink channel quality is the Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio ⁇ 1 to ⁇ N determined respectively for each signal s 1 ( p ) to s N ( p ) .
  • the channel interface 205 comprises an uplink direction control module 350 which controls the spatial direction of the signals transferred to the second telecommunication device 10 by M k times duplicating the signals and weighting the duplicated signals by coefficients in order to perform beamforming, i.e. controls the spatial direction of the transmitted signals.
  • an uplink direction control module 350 which controls the spatial direction of the signals transferred to the second telecommunication device 10 by M k times duplicating the signals and weighting the duplicated signals by coefficients in order to perform beamforming, i.e. controls the spatial direction of the transmitted signals.
  • Fig. 4 is a diagram representing the architecture of the second telecommunication device according to the present invention.
  • the second telecommunication device 10 has, for example, an architecture based on components connected together by a bus 401 and a processor 400 controlled by programs related to the algorithm as disclosed in the Figs. 5 to 8 .
  • the second telecommunication device 10 is, in a variant, implemented under the form of one or several dedicated integrated circuits which execute the same operations as the one executed by the processor 400 as disclosed hereinafter.
  • the bus 401 links the processor 400 to a read only memory ROM 402, a random access memory RAM 403 and a channel interface 405.
  • the read only memory ROM 402 contains instructions of the programs related to the algorithm as disclosed in the Figs. 5 to 8 which are transferred, when the second telecommunication 10 is powered onto the random access memory RAM 403.
  • the RAM memory 403 contains registers intended to receive variables, and the instructions of the programs related to the algorithm as disclosed in the Figs. 5 to 8 .
  • the processor 400 determines, for each first telecommunication device 20 k , the number of information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices each first telecommunication device 20 k has to report as a channel state information
  • the processor 400 is able to determine, for each first telecommunication device 20 1 to 20 K , from the channel state information transferred by each first telecommunication device 20 1 to 20 K , the modulation and coding scheme to be used by each first telecommunication device 20 k for receiving groups of data.
  • the processor 400 is able to determine to which first telecommunication device 20, signals representative of a group of data have to be sent according to the channel state information transferred by the first telecommunication devices 20.
  • the processor 400 determines for each first telecommunication device 20 1 to 20 K , from the channel state information transferred by each first telecommunication device 20 k , the modulation and coding scheme to be used by each first telecommunication device 20 k for transferring groups of data or pilot signals and/or determines which first telecommunication device 20 has to transfer signals representative of a group of data to the second telecommunication devices 10.
  • the channel interface 405 comprises a downlink direction control module, not shown in the Fig. 4 , which controls the spatial direction of the signals transferred to each first telecommunication devices 20 1 to 20 K by N times duplicating the signals and weighting the duplicated signals by coefficients in order to perform beamforming, i.e. controls the spatial direction of the transmitted signals.
  • a downlink direction control module not shown in the Fig. 4 , which controls the spatial direction of the signals transferred to each first telecommunication devices 20 1 to 20 K by N times duplicating the signals and weighting the duplicated signals by coefficients in order to perform beamforming, i.e. controls the spatial direction of the transmitted signals.
  • Fig. 5 is an algorithm executed by the second telecommunication device according to a first mode of realisation of the second telecommunication device.
  • the present algorithm is executed each time a new first telecommunication device 20 is detected by the second telecommunication device 10 and/or periodically.
  • the processor 400 of the second telecommunication device 10 receives from each first telecommunication device 20 1 to 20 K , through the uplink channel, information representative of the number of antennas each first telecommunication device 20 1 to 20 K has. At the same step, the processor 400 determines the number K of first telecommunication devices 20.
  • the processor 400 memorises the number of antennas M 1 to M K and K in the RAM memory 403.
  • the processor 400 initializes the value of the variables m 0 (1) to m 0 (K) to one.
  • the processor 400 selects a variable k' with 1 ⁇ k' ⁇ K .
  • the processor 400 selects randomly k' .
  • the processor 400 checks whether or not the sum of the variables m 0 (1) to m 0 ( K ) is lower than the total number C of available pilot signals, the second telecommunication device 10 can use.
  • the processor 400 sets the variable k to the value of the variable k '.
  • the processor 400 checks if the variable m 0 ( k ) is equal to the number of antennas M K of the first telecommunication device 20 k .
  • step S507 If the variable m 0 ( k ) is equal to the number of antennas M K of the first telecommunication device 20 k , the processor 400 moves to step S507.
  • step S506 If the variable m 0 ( k ) is not equal to the number of antennas M K of the first telecommunication device 20 k , the processor 400 moves to step S506.
  • step S506 the processor 400 increments the value of variable m 0 ( k ) , as example of one and moves to step S507.
  • the processor 400 checks whether or not the sum of the variables m 0 (1) to m 0 ( K ) is lower than the total number C of available pilot signals, the second telecommunication device 10 has.
  • step S508 If the sum of the variables m 0 (1) to m 0 (K) is lower than the total number C of available pilot signals, the processor 400 moves to step S508.
  • the processor 400 checks if the value of k is equal to K.
  • step S509 increments the value of variable k by one and returns to step S505.
  • the processor 400 set the value of the variable k to one.
  • the processor 400 checks if the variable m 0 (k) is equal to the number of antennas M K of the first telecommunication device 20 k .
  • step S518 If the variable m 0 (k) is equal to the number of antennas M K of the first telecommunication device 20 k , the processor 400 moves to step S518.
  • step S517 If the variable m 0 (k) is not equal to the number of antennas M K of the first telecommunication device 20 k , the processor 400 moves to step S517.
  • step S517 the processor 400 increments the value of variable m 0 (k) , as example of one and moves to step S518.
  • the processor 400 checks whether or not the sum of the variables m 0 (1) to m 0 (K) is lower than the total number C of available pilot signals, the second telecommunication device 10 has.
  • the processor 400 checks if the value of k is equal to k '-1.
  • step S520 increments the value of variable k by one and returns to step S516.
  • step S502 If the value of k is equal to k '-1, the processor 400 returns to step S502.
  • the variable m 0 ( k ) is the number of information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices that the first telecommunication device 20 k has to report as a channel state information.
  • the processor 400 allocates then to each at least a part of the first telecommunication device 20 k , a number of pilot signals which is equal to m 0 ( k ) .
  • the processor 400 detects the reception of the channel state information transferred by at least a part of the first telecommunication devices 20.
  • the channel state information is received under the form of pilot signals or under the form of bit information.
  • the processor 400 determines also the modulation and coding scheme to be used by each first telecommunication device 20 k for receiving groups of data or for transferring groups of data.
  • Fig. 6 is an algorithm executed by the second telecommunication device according to a second mode of realisation of the second telecommunication device.
  • the present algorithm is executed each time a new first telecommunication device 20 is detected by the second telecommunication device 10 and/or periodically.
  • the processor 400 of the second telecommunication device 10 receives from each first telecommunication device 20 l to 20 K , through the uplink channel, information representative of the number of antennas each first telecommunication device 20 1 to 20 K has and their respective requirement DR(k) in term of data rate.
  • the processor 400 determines the number K of first telecommunication devices 20.
  • the processor 400 memorises the number of antennas M 1 to M K , the requirements DR(1) to DR ( K ) in term of data rate and K in the RAM memory 403.
  • the processor 400 initializes the value of the variables m 0 (1) to m 0 (K) to one.
  • the processor 400 forms a list which comprises the variables m 0 ( k ) which are lower than the corresponding M k .
  • the processor 400 checks if the formed list is empty or not.
  • the processor 400 selects in the list, the variable m 0 ( k ) which corresponds to the largest value of DR(k) / m 0 ( k ).
  • step S605 the processor 400 increments the value of the selected variable m 0 ( k ) , as example of one and moves to step S606.
  • the processor 400 checks whether or not the sum of the variables m 0 (1) to m 0 ( K ) is lower than the total number C of available pilot signals, the second telecommunication device 10 can use, where K ⁇ C .
  • step S607 If the sum of the variables m 0 (1) to m 0 ( K ) is equal to the total number C of available pilot signals, the processor 400 moves to step S607.
  • the variable m 0 ( k ) is the number of information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices that the first telecommunication device 20 k has to report as a channel state information.
  • the processor 400 allocates then to each at least a part of the first telecommunication device 20 k , a number of pilot signals which is equal to m 0 ( k ) .
  • the processor 400 detects the reception of the channel state information transferred by at least a part of the first telecommunication devices 20.
  • the channel state information is received under the form of pilot signals or under the form of bit information comprised in a group of data.
  • the processor 400 determines also the modulation and coding scheme to be used by each first telecommunication device 20 k for receiving groups of data or for transferring groups of data.
  • Fig. 7 is an algorithm executed by the second telecommunication device according to a third mode of realisation of the second telecommunication device.
  • the present algorithm is executed each time a new first telecommunication device 20 is detected by the second telecommunication device 10 and/or periodically.
  • the processor 400 of the second telecommunication device 10 receives from each first telecommunication device 20 1 to 20 K , through the uplink channel, information representative of the number of antennas each first telecommunication device 20 1 to 20 K has and their respective requirement DT ( k ) in term of response delay. At the same step, the processor 400 determines the number K of first telecommunication devices 20.
  • the processor 400 memorises the number of antennas M 1 to M K , the requirements DT(1) to DT(K) in term of response delay and K in the RAM memory 403.
  • the processor 400 initializes the value of the variables m 0 (1) to m 0 ( K ) to one.
  • the processor 400 forms a list which comprises the variables m 0 ( k ) which are lower than the corresponding M k .
  • the processor 400 checks if the formed list is empty or not.
  • step S707 If the list is empty, the processor 400 moves to step S707.
  • the processor 400 selects in the list, the variable m 0 (k) which corresponds to the smallest value of DT(k) * m 0 (k).
  • step S705 the processor 400 increments the value of the selected variable m 0 ( k ) , as example of one and moves to step S706.
  • the processor 400 checks whether or not the sum of the variables m 0 (1) to m 0 (K) is lower than the total number C of available pilot signals, the second telecommunication device 10 can use, where K ⁇ C .
  • step S707 If the sum of the variables m 0 (1) to m 0 (K) is equal to the total number C of available pilot signals, the processor 400 moves to step S707.
  • step S702 If the sum of the variables m 0 (1) to m 0 (K) is lower than the total number C of available pilot signals, the processor 400 moves to step S702.
  • the variable m 0 (k) is the number of information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices that the first telecommunication device 20 k has to report as a channel state information.
  • the processor 400 allocates then to each at least a part of the first telecommunication device 20 k , a number of pilot signals which is equal to m 0 (k) .
  • the processor 400 detects the reception of the channel state information transferred by at least a part of the first telecommunication devices 20.
  • the channel state information is received under the form of pilot signals or under the form of bit information comprised in a group of data.
  • the processor 400 determines also the modulation and coding scheme to be used by each first telecommunication device 20 k for receiving groups of data or for transferring groups of data.
  • Fig. 8 is an algorithm executed by the second telecommunication device according to a fourth mode of realisation of the second telecommunication device.
  • the present algorithm is executed each time a new first telecommunication device 20 is detected by the second telecommunication device 10 and/or periodically.
  • the processor 400 of the second telecommunication device 10 receives from each first telecommunication device 20 1 to 20 K , through the uplink channel, information representative of the number of antennas each first telecommunication device 20 1 to 20 K has. At the same step, the processor 400 determines the number K of first telecommunication devices 20.
  • the processor 400 memorises the number of antennas M 1 to M K and K in the RAM memory 403.
  • the processor 400 initializes the value of the variables m 0 (1) to m 0 ( K ) to one.
  • the processor 400 forms a list which comprises the variables m 0 (k) which are lower than the corresponding M k .
  • the processor 400 checks if the formed list is empty or not.
  • the processor 400 selects in the list, the variable m 0 ( k ) which corresponds to the largest value of M k / m 0 ( k ) .
  • step S805 the processor 400 increments the value of the selected variable m 0 (k) , as example of one and moves to step S806.
  • the processor 400 checks whether or not the sum of the variables m 0 (1) to m 0 ( K ) is lower than the total number C of available pilot signals, the second telecommunication device 10 can use, where K ⁇ C .
  • step S807 If the sum of the variables m 0 (1) to m 0 ( K ) is equal to the total number C of available pilot signals, the processor 400 moves to step S807.
  • step S802 If the sum of the variables m 0 (1) to m 0 ( K ) is lower than the total number C of available pilot signals, the processor 400 moves to step S802.
  • the variable m 0 ( k ) is the number of information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices that the first telecommunication device 20 k has to report as a channel state information.
  • the processor 400 allocates then to each at least a part of the first telecommunication device 20 k , a number of pilot signals which is equal to m 0 ( k ) .
  • the processor 400 detects the reception of the channel state information transferred by at least a part of the first telecommunication devices 20.
  • the channel state information is received under the form of pilot signals or under the form of bit information comprised in a group of data.
  • the processor 400 determines also the modulation and coding scheme to be used by each first telecommunication device 20 k for receiving groups of data or for transferring groups of data.
  • first, second, third and fourth modes of realisation of the second telecommunication device are in a variant combined in order to determine m 0 (k) according to the number of first telecommunication devices 20 and/or the number of antennas the first telecommunication devices 20 have and/or according to the requirements in term of data rate and or response delay.
  • the first telecommunication device By changing for each first telecommunication device, the number of information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices the first telecommunication device has to report as a channel state information according to the number of first telecommunication devices 20 and/or the number of antennas the first telecommunication devices 20 have and/or according to the requirements in term of data rate and or response delay for the channel station information reporting, the available resources of the wireless telecommunication network are efficiently used in any environment.
  • Fig. 9 is an algorithm executed by the first telecommunication device according to the first mode of realisation of the first telecommunication device.
  • the present algorithm is executed by each first telecommunication device 20 1 to 20 K , it will be disclosed when it is executed by the first telecommunication device 20 k .
  • the processor 200 of, as example, the first telecommunication device 20 k detects the reception through the channel interface 205 of a group of data which comprises the variable m 0 ( k ) which is the number of information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices that the first telecommunication device 20 k has to report as a channel state information.
  • variable m 0 ( k ) is either determined according to the first or second or third or fourth modes of realisation of the second telecommunication device.
  • the MIMO channel matrix estimation module 305 estimates the matrix H DL,K from the received pilot signals.
  • the processor 200 selects the m 0 (k) largest singular-values. As example, if the first telecommunication device 20k has three antennas, and the received m 0 (k) equals to two, only the two largest singular-values are selected.
  • the m 0 ( k ) singular-values are selected from the downlink MIMO channel matrix H DL,k between the second telecommunication device 10 and the first telecommunication device 20 k .
  • the processor 200 determines a downlink linear transform matrix V DL .
  • V DL ⁇ e 1 ⁇ H DL , k * ⁇ H DL , k T ⁇ , ... e m ⁇ 0 k ⁇ H DL , k * ⁇ H DL , k T ⁇ ⁇ , where e m ⁇ . ⁇ denotes the eigenvector of ⁇ . ⁇ corresponding to the m -th largest eigenvalue.
  • H DL , k T H UL , k
  • the first telecommunication device 20 k sends m 0 ( k ) pilot signals r '( p ) multiplied by the uplink linear transform matrix V DL .
  • the processor 200 transfers the determined matrix V DL to the downlink linear transform module 310 which uses the determined matrix V DL for executing a linear transformation of the signal vector x k ( p ) using the m 0 ( k )* M k matrix V DL T .
  • the processor 200 determines the channel state information on the downlink channel considering x '( p ) .
  • the channel state information is the m 0 (k) * N virtual downlink MIMO channel matrix H ⁇ DL,k .
  • the processor 200 commands the transfer, to the second telecommunication device 10, of the determined channel state information through the uplink channel.
  • the channel state information is reported by transferring m 0 (k) pilot signals which are multiplied by the downlink linear transform matrix V DL .
  • the channel state information can also be reported under the form of information bits.
  • the processor 200 returns then to step S900.
  • Fig. 10 is an algorithm executed by the first telecommunication device according to the second mode of realisation of the first telecommunication device.
  • the present algorithm is executed by each first telecommunication device 20 l to 20 K , it will be disclosed when it is executed by the first telecommunication device 20 k .
  • the processor 200 of, as example, the first telecommunication device 20 k detects the reception through the channel interface 205 of a group of data which comprises the variable m 0 ( k ) which is the number of information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices that the first telecommunication device 20 k has to report as a channel state information.
  • variable m 0 ( k ) is either determined according to the first or second or third or fourth modes of realisation of the second telecommunication device.
  • the MIMO channel matrix estimation module 320 estimates the uplink channel matrix H UL,k .
  • H UL , k H DL , k T as the channel responses between the uplink and downlink channels of the telecommunication network 15 are reciprocal.
  • U U [ u U 1 ,... u UN ] is the N*N unitary matrix
  • Q U [ q U 1 ,...q UMk ] is the M k * M k unitary matrix
  • the processor 200 selects the m 0 ( k ) largest singular-values.
  • the m 0 ( k ) singular-values are selected from the uplink MIMO channel matrix H UL,k between the first telecommunication device 20 k and the second telecommunication device 10.
  • step S105 the processor 200 determines a linear transform matrix V UL .
  • V UL ⁇ e 1 ⁇ H UL , k H ⁇ H UL , k ⁇ , ... e m ⁇ 0 k ⁇ H UL , k H ⁇ H UL , k ⁇ ⁇ , where e m ⁇ . ⁇ denotes the eigenvector of ⁇ . ⁇ corresponding to the m -th largest eigenvalue.
  • the processor 200 commands the transfer, to the second telecommunication device 10, of the determined channel state information through the uplink channel.
  • the channel state information is reported by transferring m 0 ( k ) pilot signals composed of p 0 symbols r '(1),... r '( p 0 ) to the second telecommunication device 10 through the channel interface 205.
  • the processor 200 returns then to step S100.
  • Fig. 11 is an algorithm executed by the first telecommunication device according to the third mode of realisation of the first telecommunication device.
  • the present algorithm is executed by each first telecommunication device 20 1 to 20 K , it will be disclosed when it is executed by the first telecommunication device 20 k .
  • the processor 200 of, as example, the first telecommunication device 20 k detects the reception through the channel interface 205 of a group of data which comprises the variable m 0 ( k ) is the number of information representative of the quality of the signals transferred between the first and second telecommunication devices that the first telecommunication device 20 k has to report as a channel state information.
  • variable m 0 ( k ) is either determined according to the first or second or third or fourth modes of realisation of the second telecommunication device.
  • the first telecommunication device 20k receives pilot signals through the channel interface 205.
  • the downlink direction control module 345 performs a downlink beamforming for each signal s 1 (p),..., s N (p) .
  • the processor 200 commands the channel estimation module 340 of the channel interface 205 to transfer a downlink channel quality estimated for each signal s 1 (p ),..., s N (p) .
  • the channel estimation module 340 measures the downlink channel quality for each signal s 1 (p),..., s N (p) .
  • the downlink channel quality is the Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio ⁇ 1 to ⁇ N determined at the outputs v k ⁇ 1 T ⁇ x k p , ... , v kN T ⁇ x k p respectively for each signal s 1 ( p ) to s N ( p ) .
  • the processor 200 selects the m 0 ( k ) largest Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio among the N Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio ⁇ 1 to ⁇ N .
  • the processor 200 commands the transfer, to the second telecommunication device 10, of the selected m 0 ( k ) largest Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio as a channel state information through the uplink channel.
  • Fig. 12 is an example of the channel state information transferred by a first telecommunication device according to the third mode of realisation of the first telecommunication device.
  • the channel state information is transferred in a group of data.
  • the first telecommunication device 20 k determines the propagation gains between the antennas of the first and second telecommunication devices as it has already been described.
  • the first telecommunication device 20 k forms, for each of the first telecommunication device's antenna, a group propagation gains and determines among the groups, the ones which have the highest norm.
  • the first telecommunication device selects among the determined propagation gains the group or groups which has or have the highest m 0 (k) norm, as the subset of the determined propagation gains.
  • the first telecommunication device 20 k selects m 0 (k) antennas among its M k antennas which have the m 0 (k) largest values ⁇ h m ⁇ among ⁇ h 1 ⁇ ,..., ⁇ h Mk ⁇ .
  • V DL 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
  • V DL T ⁇ H DL , k h 1 h 3 .
  • the virtual MIMO downlink channel comprises only the highest propagation gains ⁇ h 1 ⁇ and ⁇ h 3 ⁇ .

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